pluimstrijker
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch pluumstriker. Equivalent to pluimstrijken + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pluimstrijker m (plural pluimstrijkers, diminutive pluimstrijkertje n)
- (derogatory) a sycophant, a fawner
- 1791, De vraag-al, volume 2, issue 63, publ. by L. Herdingh, 85.
- Merkt gij wel lezer ! dat ik geen groote pluimstrijker ben?
- Do you notice, reader, that I am not a big sycophant?
- 1791, De vraag-al, volume 2, issue 63, publ. by L. Herdingh, 85.
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